Trio arrested after allegedly firing gun in SoMa, holing up in hotel

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Three men were arrested after allegedly firing a gun across a
street in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood and then barricading
themselves in a nearby building for hours Saturday night, according to a
police spokesman.

Around 10:45 p.m. Saturday, three men were seen with a gun on
Sixth Street at Mission Street, San Francisco police Officer Albie Esparza
said.

Apparently one of the men had fired several shots across Sixth
Street. No one was injured, Esparza said.

As officers approached, the three suspects fled into a residential
hotel building and refused to come out of a room there, police said.

Crisis and hostage negotiators were called to the scene as the men
stayed holed up in the room for about two hours, police said.

Eventually the three surrendered and were taken into custody.
Esparza said the men are San Francisco residents Maurice Brown, 34; Julius
Johnson, 25; and Devonta Butler, 21.

Brown was arrested on suspicion of a weapons violation and
shooting into an inhabited building along with other offenses. The other two
suspects were arrested on suspicion of weapons violations and resisting
arrest.